https://soldernerd.com/tags/vhdl/Recent content in vhdl on soldernerdHugo -- gohugo.ioen&copy; 2026 Lukas F&auml;ssler &middot; soldernerdMon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://soldernerd.com/posts/xilinx-prototyping-board/Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://soldernerd.com/posts/xilinx-prototyping-board/<p>Some time ago I wanted to try out programming CPLDs in VHDL. I was entirely new to both of those topics and I didn&rsquo;t have a real need for a CPLD at the time. So I built myself a nice little prototyping board for the Xilinx XC9500XL complete with some push buttons, LEDs a 7-segment display and a PIC16F688 used mainly as a clock source.</p>